by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Lacrosse at Vassar College, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Vassar is classified as NCAA Division III without football as a member of Liberty League.
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The Vassar men’s lacrosse team fields 52 athletes.
The Vassar women’s lacrosse team fields 32 players.
Across both rosters, Vassar fields 84 lacrosse athletes — 52 on the men’s side and 32 on the women’s.
Among the 16 varsity sports Vassar reports, lacrosse ranks #1 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 0 work full-time and 5 part-time. The head coach is John McCreery.
The women’s lacrosse program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 0 work full-time and 5 part-time. Leading the program is Judy Finerghty.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 16 sports, lacrosse sits #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Vassar men’s lacrosse program generated $339,382 in revenue against $316,399 in expenses, a net profit of $22,983. This comes to about $1,985 in operating expense per athlete, or $103,209 per team.
The Vassar women’s lacrosse program brought in $273,271 in revenue against $273,271 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $1,328 in operating expense per athlete, or $42,482 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $339,382 to the women’s $273,271 in revenue.
Against the school’s 16 sports, lacrosse ranks #1 by revenue, or about 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Vassar places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.